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High-school senior Jon Grundl toured the University of Central Florida, hearing complaints about the cold weather on a 50-degree January day. Back at his home in Wisconsin, it was minus 30 degrees. When class starts this fall, Grundl, 18, will become a member of UCF's newest freshman class. He is among the rising number of out-of-state students seeking to go to Florida public universities. The University of Florida, Florida State University and UCF are all reporting a jump in out-of-state applications compared with last fall, according to an Orlando Sentinel data request. For those students, the gap is closing between their in-state tuition and Florida public schools'...

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